March is Women’s History Month and with all of the economic turmoil brought on by COVID-19, my team at Business.org took a look at how we’re doing with equality in the workforce. Specifically, the gender pay gap.
Women in Connecticut are 16% less than their male counterparts. This means women effectively stop getting paid on November 3.
- In Connecticut, women earn an average salary of $55,636 while men earn an average salary of $66,477.
- No state across the US pays women more than men, with closing the gap coming to a stalemate over the last decade.
- Vermont ranks #1 for the smallest pay gap, with women earning 9% less than men.
- Wyoming has the largest gender pay gap of women earning 35% less than men.
- The job role with the smallest pay gap is Producers and Directors, where women earn 6% more than men.
- The job role with the largest pay gap for women is lawyers, where women earn 45% less than men.
See our state-by-state analysis for more information: https://www.business.org/hr/
